Annual clinical record : 1946 / Cardiff Royal Infirmary.

  • Cardiff Royal Infirmary (Cardiff, Wales)
Date:
1946
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Credit: Annual clinical record : 1946 / Cardiff Royal Infirmary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 7 a—continued Males. Females. Occupations. Total. Occupied. Retired. Occupied. Retired. Married.* Single. Married.* Single. Persons professionally en- 12 6 • • • 5 1 gaged in Entertainments and Sport Persons engaged in Personal 136 39 ... 19 78 ... . . . Service Clerks and Draughtsmen ; 176 69 36 71 Typists Warehousemen, Store- 47 26 14 7 keepers, and Packers Stationary Engine-drivers, 50 33 17 Dynamo and Motor Attendants Other and undefined Workers 614 367 4 183 60 ... ... Totals 3228 1866 56 924 373 9 ... N.B.—“ Hewers and Getters ” not to be included in the total as they are already included in Mining and Quarrying group. Social Class. Utilising the Registrar-General’s Social Class grouping, Table 8 was constructed. This is based on occupation, and provided it is given in sufficient detail, patients can be allocated to one of the five Social Class groups shown in the table. Patients under age 16 have been classified according to the social class of their father or guardian, and it should be noted that because of the inclusion of these juveniles the series is not comparable with any national table. Table 8 Social Class. Description. Number Involved. Percentage of Total. I. The Professions, Commissioned Officers, Bankers, 125 2-4 Insurance Directors, Financiers, Shipowners, etc. II. Intermediate between Class I. and skilled workers 345 6-6 III. Skilled workers ...... 2170 41-5 IV. Intermediate between skilled and unskilled workers 1269 24-3 V. Unskilled workers ...... 586 11-2 ... Not specified ....... 728 13-9 Total 5223 99-9 See also Table 6, Part II., p. 138. Operations. The total number of persons admitted during 1946 who were operated upon was 3345, but it should be noted that this figure includes any operation listed in the Medical Research Council classification of no matter how minor